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Cardiovascular system Flashcards

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Arteries

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Transport blood away from heart

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Veins

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Transport blood toward heart

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Capillaries

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Connect arteries and veins, smallest of blood vessels and where oxygen, nutrients, and wastes are exchanged within the tissues

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Tunica externa (adventitia)

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Outer connective tissue layer

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Tunica media

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middle smooth muscle layer (may also contain varying amounts of elastic fibers in medium and large arteries)

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Tunica intima

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Inner endothelial lining of the blood vessels

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Atherosclerosis

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Chronic inflammatory reaction in walls of arteries with deposition of cholesterol and fatty proteins

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